iOS 18.2 with Image Playground and Visual Intelligence expected in early December

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in iOS edited November 3

A new report suggests that the actual launch date for iOS 18.2 will be the first week of December, featuring new graphics tools including Image Playground and Genmoji.

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iOS 18.2 will focus on graphics tools that leverage Apple Intelligence.



The Bloomberg report backs up some previous claims of an early December launch. Expected in the next update to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS is the arrival of a few more marquee features of Apple Intelligence that Apple initially showcased in June 2024 at its annual Worldwide Developer Conference.

Beta testing for iOS 18.2 is currently underway, though developers are having to join a waitlist for access to the forthcoming graphics features. In addition to the Image Playground image generator and Genmoji custom emoji engine, testers will also be working with Image Wand and ChatGPT integration.

The former tool uses Apple Intelligence to create a full image out of a more basic sketch, as seen in the WWDC Apple Intelligence explanatory video. ChatGPT integration is part of the ongoing reinvention of Siri, which began with a new interface featured in iOS 18.1.

Some features of Apple Intelligence will not be available publicly until early 2025. Bloomberg has said that iOS 18.3, expected to be a bug-fix release, may come out before the end of 2024 or very early in the new year.

Betas of 18.4 and beyond are expected to arrive in March or April, and will continue adding new features to Siri, including Personal Context and deeper app integration. In addition, iOS 18.2 and later will finally begin bringing Apple Intelligence features to other countries and languages.

Rumor Score: Likely

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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    Beta waitlist still going no where at the moment
  • Reply 2 of 5
    omasouomasou Posts: 640member
    I'd expect Apple Intelligence US English will be fully released before WWDC 2025 is announced.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    chasmchasm Posts: 3,612member
    omasou said:
    I'd expect Apple Intelligence US English will be fully released before WWDC 2025 is announced.
    It seems like we'll have all the announced features by iOS 18.4, so let's say Spring 2025.
    canukstorm
  • Reply 4 of 5
    Just waiting for camera control image search since I don’t want to download the google app for that feature especially since I do most of my searches via safari 
  • Reply 5 of 5
    chasmchasm Posts: 3,612member
    Just waiting for camera control image search since I don’t want to download the google app for that feature especially since I do most of my searches via safari 
    I'm a little confused by this comment. You can search your images right now in iOS 18 using either the new Photos app or by using Siri.

    If you mean that you're waiting for iOS 18.2, which should bring plain-language image search outside of your photos to Siri, that's coming first week in December.

    I remain unclear about why you think Google is in any way involved in searching your own photos. If I've misunderstood and you want to search other images that aren't yours without involving Google, try the DuckDuckGo iOS app, the website, or their Mac browser. No Google needed.
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